NeCTAR  is  supported  by  the  Australian  Government  through  the  National  Collaborative  Research  Infrastructure  Strategy  to  establish  eResearch  infrastructure  in  partnership  with  Australian  research  institutions,  organisations  and  research  communities.  The  University  of  Melbourne  has  been  appointed  as  the  Lead  Agent.   www.nectar.org.au  

   

 Virtual Laboratories NeCTAR  Virtual  Laboratories  are  platforms  where  tools,  models  and  data  meet,  enabling  automation  and  sharing  of  research  methodologies.    

Formed  around  engaged  research  communities:    NeCTAR  Virtual  Laboratories  are  led  by  researchers  and  research  communities  working  with  technical  and  eResearch  partners.  

Building  on  existing  research  capabilities  NeCTAR  Virtual  Laboratories  support  research  collaboration  by  removing  technical  barriers.  

Connecting  capability  across  institutional  boundaries  NeCTAR  Virtual  Laboratories  bring  together  existing  resources  to  increase  national  impacts.  

Providing  common  solutions    NeCTAR  Virtual  Laboratories  facilitate  communities  of  practice  across  disciplines  to  develop  common  services.  

 

Marine  Virtual  Laboratory  -­‐  MARVL  Ocean  observations  and  modelling  to  improve  planning  for  marine  and  coastal  environments.  

Ian  Coghlan  is  studying  coastal  erosion.  MARVL  saves  him  3  months  effort  to  access  local  data,  wave  model  simulations  and  computing  resources.  

“MARVL  enables  you  to  start  thinking  about  your  problem  sooner.”    - Dr  Roger  Proctor,  Director  e-­‐Marine  Information  Infrastructure  Facility.  

Genomics  Virtual  Laboratory  -­‐  GVL  Easy  access  to  Genomics  tools  and  resources  for  Australian  biologists.  

The  Peter  MacCallum  Cancer  Centre  is  using  the  GVL  in  the  NeCTAR  Cloud  -­‐  allowing  researchers  to  collaborate  easily  with  external  parties  and  to  access  their  data  no  matter  where  they  are.    

“This  is  the  best  exemplar  of  this  kind  of  platform  in  the  world…Genomics  capability  for  the  masses."  -­‐ Assoc.  Professor  Andrew  Lonie,  Head,  Life  Sciences  Computation  Centre  

Virtual  Geophysics  Laboratory  -­‐  VGL  Easy  access  to  geophysics  data,  workflows  and  simulations.  

“The  speed  at  which  we  carry  out  geophysical  inversions  was  not  possible  before.  Now  the  VGL  does  the  cropping  and  re-­‐projecting  the  data  on  the  fly.  We  can  complete  our  work  in  a  matter  of  hours,  instead  of  months.”  -­‐ Dr  Carina  Kemp,  Geoscience  Australia.  

 

NCRIS  Capability:  BioPlatforms  Australia  -­‐  BPA  

NCRIS  Capability:  Integrated  Marine  Observing  System  -­‐  IMOS  

NCRIS  Capability:  AuScope  

 

 NeCTAR  is  supported  by  the  Australian  Government  through  the  National  Collaborative  Research  Infrastructure  Strategy  to  establish  eResearch  infrastructure  in  partnership  with  Australian  research  institutions,  organisations  and  research  communities.  The  University  of  Melbourne  has  been  appointed  as  the  Lead  Agent.   www.nectar.org.au  

   

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NeCTAR  Virtual  Laboratories  support:  

• national  research  communities  • global  access  and  sharing  • capability  building  • increased  research  impact  

 

Characterisation  Virtual  Laboratory  -­‐  CVL  Integrating  Australia’s  key  research  imaging  instruments  with  data  and  analysis  tools  on  the  cloud.  

Building  collaborative  analysis  workbenches  in  the  cloud  for  neuroscience,  structural  biology,  atom  probe  and  X-­‐ray  science.  

“The  CVL  project  is  leading  the  effort  to  move  science  data  analysis  to  the  cloud  and  provide  a  more  flexible  and  more  powerful  environment.”  -­‐ Dr  Anna  Ceguerra,  University  of  Sydney  

Biodiversity  and  Climate  Change  Virtual  Laboratory  -­‐  BCCVL  Accelerates  biodiversity-­‐climate  change  modelling.  Allowing  researchers  to  integrate,  analyse  and  model  across  large  disparate  datasets  quickly  and  easily.  

“BCCVL  decreases  the  time  to  complete  biodiversity  and  climate  analysis  from  2  months  to  5  minutes,  supporting  new  applications  in  research,  government  and  industry.“  -­‐ Professor  Brendan  Mackay,  Director,  Griffith  Climate  Change  Response  

Program  

All  Sky  Virtual  Observatory  -­‐  ASVO  Theoretical  and  observational  astronomy  data,  simulations  and  tools  accessible  from  your  desktop.  

ASVO  provides  access  to  cosmological  simulations,  galaxy  formation  models,  and  a  comprehensive  environment  for  analysis  and  exploration  of  the  SkyMapper  Southern-­‐Sky  Survey.  

“The  stars  we  are  finding  number  one  in  a  million..  the  SkyMapper  telescope  is  unique.”    - Professor  Mike  Bessell,  Australian  National  University.  

Climate  and  Weather  Science  Laboratory  -­‐  CWSLab  • Integrated  environment  for  climate  and  weather  science  modelling  and  data  

Humanities  Network  Infrastructure  –  HuNI  • Unlocking  and  uniting  30  of  Australia’s  most  important  cultural  datasets  

Human  Communications  Science  –  Alveo  • Above  and  beyond  Speech,  Language  and  Music:  A  national  collaborative  environment  for  HCS  research.  

Industrial  Ecology  Virtual  Laboratory  • Supporting  comprehensive  environmental  carbon  footprinting  and  sustainability  assessments  

 

Endocrine  Genomics  Virtual  Laboratory  -­‐  EndoVL  Statistical  power  for  clinical  research.  

EndoVL  contains  a  registry  with  information  on  more  than  6,000  adrenal  tumour  cases:  giving  endocrinologists  statistical  power  to  improve  clinical  research  into  endocrine  disorders.  

“The  EndoVL  is  an  essential  component  of  the  study  of  diabetes  in  children.”    - Associate  Professor  Maria  Craig,  Australasia  Diabetes  Data  Network.  

 

NCRIS  Capability:  Astronomy  Australia  Limited  -­‐  AAL  

NCRIS  Capability:  Terrestrial  Ecosystem  Research  Network  -­‐  TERN